October 2: Henry Petroski

4:00pm EDT October 2, 2014

Henry Petroski is the Aleksander S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering at Duke University and the author of many books, including, most recently, To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure. He will read and talk about his work. 4 pm.

Read a review of To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure in the New York Times.